THE CRIMINAL ACT KIDNAPPING IN THE MACEDONIAN AND SERBIAN CRIMINAL LEGISLATION - THEORETICAL AND CRITICAL OVERVIEW

Abstract

Macedonian and Serbian Criminal Codes (CC) among other criminal acts contain the act kidnapping, systematized within the chapter “Criminal acts against the freedoms and rights of humans and citizens”. Having in mind the relevance of this act, the paper shall analyse its legal framework, similarities and differences between the two codes, as well as the criminal policy. In essence, the Paper shall give a theoretical and critical overview over the criminal act kidnapping in the domestic and foreign scientific literature, as well as of both codes, i.e. Article 141 of the Macedonian CC and Article 134 of the Serbian CC. Such overview shall enable to give concrete proposals whether the Macedonian provision needs to be amended.